Five components to help drive digital capabilities in their businesses. The Gartner Research Board has identified a new model for digital leadership that binds together data, analytics, digital technology and transformation capabilities onto business. The Gartner Research Board said that data and analytics (D&A) leaders are uniquely positioned to drive this change…
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The success in digital acceleration has set APEJ apart from the rest of the world. Historically, CIOs have been measured on their ability to provide reliable and stable computing resources, i.e., apps, infrastructure, and services, that enabled businesses to deliver products, services, and business outcomes. Today, these abilities are considered…
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Wong King Man, Assistant Government Chief Information Officer gave a speech on IoT in China. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the People’s Republic of China just released the “14th Five-Year Plan for Information and Communication Industry Development” last month. Among them, five key tasks are proposed, including the…
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2022 is the year that the future returns for the CIO. Worldwide IT spending is projected to total US$4.5 trillion in 2022, an increase of 5.1 per cent from 2021, according to the latest forecast by Gartner, Inc. Despite the potential impacts of the Omicron variant, economic recovery with high…
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As we wrap up Cybersecurity Awareness Month, organisations of every size should be looking to make cybersecurity a priority and not just an afterthought. Here, Salesforce’s Jay Hira, Security and Compliance Advisor, and Mark Gabriel, Platform Value & Development Executive, share their insights about what to consider when building a cybersecurity…
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Former CIO at Hitachi Vantara joins the company. Hertz has announced that Tim Langley-Hawthorne will join the company as executive vice president and chief information officer. Langley-Hawthorne will lead Hertz’s global technology strategy, including modernizing its technology infrastructure. “As we create the new Hertz, we’re investing in the technology that will…
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Digital skills in the spotlight. Australian workers’ sense of technology mastery has accelerated, with 65% of employees considering themselves either experts or proficient with digital technology, according to a survey by Gartner, Inc. “Digital workers seized the opportunity to improve their mastery of technology during the pandemic,” said Gavin Tay, research…
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Lifestyle changes driven by COVID requires new hiring models. In a recent interview with Westpac Banks’ internal magazine, Paul Bari CIO Consumer and Business said, he would look to “press go on an “experiment” to create a new “hub” of software engineers for the bank on Queensland’s Gold Coast”. In…
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Reaching beyond the constraints of current thinking. CIOs and IT executives should focus on three key areas – leading from anywhere, nurturing connections and reaching beyond. According to analyst firm Gartner, as organizations continue to emerge from the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic, CIOs and IT executives will need to…
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